Kernel

[Kevin Gordon]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:

> kevin wrote:
>  > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>  >
>  > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Kevin Gordon <kgordon420 at gmail.com>
>  > > wrote:
>  > > > Hi folks:
>  > > >
>  > > > There is a new kernel displayed for the XO1 when a yum update is
> done on
>  > > a
>  > > > vanilla  883 machine.
>  > > >
>  > > > Being adventurous, I did the yum update kernel separately, then did
> the
>  > > cp -
>  > > > ..... instruction from the readme.
>  > > >
>  > > > uname -a shows the new kernel is running.
>  > > >
>  > > > However, it looks to me that the old kernel files remain in /boot
> and the
>  > > > .../current ... directories.  Some with '111005' in their name would
>  > > appear
>  > > > to me to be the old ones and the new ones would be those with
> '111026' in
>  > > > their name
>  > > >
>  > > > Is there any appreciable advantage to manually removing the old
> files, or
>  > > > conversely is there any disadvantage?
>  > >
>  > > You should follow the procedure here
>  > >
>  > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kernel#Installing_kernel_RPMs
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  > I thought I did :-(
>
> yes, your new kernel is running.  you're done.  :-)
>
>  >
>  > I'm just installing onto a jffs2 XO-1, no building, just an install, so
> I
>  > did the basics: an install then the copy.  Did I miss something in the
>  > install that left the old files around?  The instructions didn't seem to
>  > specify an install command, so I used yum update kernel.  Should I try
> an
>  > rpm command instead?
>
> probably no one has ever added the 'remove the old kernel manually' step
> since removing kernels can be fraught with peril, and hey, it's only disk
> space.
>
> go ahead and remove the old files, if you're confident.
>

"fraught with peril"  - sounds like good clean fun :-)

But, seriously, with all the extra space on 883 without the DRI stuff, it
may be more trouble than it's worth.

Thanks for the quick responses, gents.

KG

>
> paul
>
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  >
>  > KG
>  >
>  >
>  > >
>  > > Peter
>  > >
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